4.9 - CVE-2007-5494

Executive Summary

Informations
Name	CVE-2007-5494	First vendor Publication	2007-11-29
Vendor	Cve	Last vendor Modification	2017-09-29

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score	NA
Base Score	NA	Environmental Score	NA
impact SubScore	NA	Temporal Score	NA
Exploitabality Sub Score	NA

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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Cvss Base Score	4.9	Attack Range	Local
Cvss Impact Score	6.9	Attack Complexity	Low
Cvss Expoit Score	3.9	Authentication	None Required
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Detail

Memory leak in the Red Hat Content Accelerator kernel patch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of open requests involving O_ATOMICLOOKUP.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5494

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

%	Id	Name
100 %	CWE-399	Resource Management Errors

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10884

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10884
Title:	Memory leak in the Red Hat Content Accelerator kernel patch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of open requests involving O_ATOMICLOOKUP.
Description:	Memory leak in the Red Hat Content Accelerator kernel patch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of open requests involving O_ATOMICLOOKUP.
Family:	unix	Class:	vulnerability
Reference(s):	CVE-2007-5494	Version:	5
Platform(s):	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 CentOS Linux 4 Oracle Linux 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS Linux 5 Oracle Linux 5	Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
OS Section: RHEL4, CentOS4, Oracle Linux 4 RHEL4, CentOS4 or Oracle Linux 4 The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AND CentOS Linux 4.x AND Oracle Linux 4.x AND Configuration section kernel-xenU is earlier than 0:2.6.9-67.0.1.EL AND kernel-hugemem is earlier than 0:2.6.9-67.0.1.EL AND kernel-hugemem-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-67.0.1.EL AND kernel-xenU-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-67.0.1.EL AND kernel-smp-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-67.0.1.EL AND kernel-largesmp-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-67.0.1.EL AND kernel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-67.0.1.EL AND kernel-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-67.0.1.EL AND kernel-doc is earlier than 0:2.6.9-67.0.1.EL AND kernel-largesmp is earlier than 0:2.6.9-67.0.1.EL AND kernel-smp is earlier than 0:2.6.9-67.0.1.EL OR OS Section: RHEL5, CentOS5, Oracle Linux 5 RHEL5, CentOS5 or Oracle Linux 5 The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 AND CentOS Linux 5.x AND Oracle Linux 5.x AND Configuration section kernel-kdump is earlier than 0:2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 AND kernel-debug is earlier than 0:2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 AND kernel-xen is earlier than 0:2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 AND kernel-headers is earlier than 0:2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 AND kernel-kdump-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 AND kernel-xen-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 AND kernel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 AND kernel-PAE-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 AND kernel-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 AND kernel-PAE is earlier than 0:2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 AND kernel-debug-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 AND kernel-doc is earlier than 0:2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 AND kernel-debuginfo-common is earlier than 0:2.6.18-53.1.4.el5

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21806

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21806
Title:	ELSA-2007:0993: kernel security update (Important)
Description:	Memory leak in the Red Hat Content Accelerator kernel patch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of open requests involving O_ATOMICLOOKUP.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	ELSA-2007:0993-01 CVE-2007-4571 CVE-2007-4997 CVE-2007-5494	Version:	17
Platform(s):	Oracle Linux 5	Product(s):	kernel
Definition Synopsis:
Oracle Linux 5.x rpm test kernel-headers is earlier than 0:2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 AND kernel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 AND kernel-doc is earlier than 0:2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 AND kernel-PAE-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 AND kernel-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 AND kernel-debug is earlier than 0:2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 AND kernel-kdump is earlier than 0:2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 AND kernel-xen-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 AND kernel-debug-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 AND kernel-PAE is earlier than 0:2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 AND kernel-kdump-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 AND kernel-xen is earlier than 0:2.6.18-53.1.4.el5

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

Type	Description	Count
Os	Redhat Enterprise Linux cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:::::::*	2

OpenVAS Exploits

Date	Description
2009-03-06	Name : RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2007:0993-01 File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2007_0993-01_kernel.nasl
2009-03-06	Name : RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2007:1104-01 File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2007_1104-01_kernel.nasl
2009-02-27	Name : CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2007:1104 centos4 i386 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2007_1104_kernel_centos4_i386.nasl
2009-02-27	Name : CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2007:1104 centos4 x86_64 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2007_1104_kernel_centos4_x86_64.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id	Description
44153	Red Hat Content Accelerator Patch for Linux Kernel O_ATOMICLOOKUP Request Sat...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date	Description
2013-07-12	Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0993.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12	Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-1104.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01	Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20071129_kernel_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01	Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20071219_kernel_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-24	Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2007-1104.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-24	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2007-1104.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-30	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2007-0993.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source	Url
BID	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26657
CONFIRM	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=315051
OSVDB	http://osvdb.org/44153
OVAL	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0993.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1104.html
SECTRACK	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019017
SECUNIA	http://secunia.com/advisories/27824 http://secunia.com/advisories/28162
XF	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38823

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2021-05-04 12:06:33	Multiple Updates
2021-04-22 01:07:05	Multiple Updates
2020-05-23 00:20:37	Multiple Updates
2017-09-29 09:23:15	Multiple Updates
2017-07-29 12:02:37	Multiple Updates
2016-06-28 17:00:11	Multiple Updates
2016-04-26 16:43:04	Multiple Updates
2014-02-17 10:42:10	Multiple Updates
2013-05-11 10:39:44	Multiple Updates

Global Informations

Type	Count
CWE ID(s)	1
Oval ID(s)	2
CPE ID(s)	2
Sources(s)	10
osvdb(s)	1
Openvas Exploit(s)	4
Nessus® Exploit(s)	7

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4.9 - CVE-2007-5494

Executive Summary

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

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Original Source

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

OVAL Definitions

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

OpenVAS Exploits

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